Hottest articles in ScienceDirect

Every 3 months ScienceDirect distributes a list of the Top 25 Hottest articles published with in a specific subject area.

Here is the newest list available for Economics, Econometrics & Finance for the time period: Jan - March 2008.

(For some reason Accounting articles are grouped with Business & Management - for the list of hottest articles that include Accounting please click here.)

1. Australian gold exploration 1976-2003 • ArticleResources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 1, 1 March 2005, Pages 29-37Huleatt, M.B.; Jaques, A.L.
2. Exploration and discovery of Australia's copper, nickel, lead and zinc resources 1976-2005 • ArticleResources Policy, Volume 30, Issue 3, 1 September 2005, Pages 168-185Jaques, A.L.; Huleatt, M.B.; Ratajkoski, M.; Towner, R.R.
3. Market efficiency, long-term returns, and behavioral finance • ArticleJournal of Financial Economics, Volume 49, Issue 3, 1 September 1998, Pages 283-306Fama, E.F.Cited by Scopus (381)
4. Investor protection and corporate governance • ArticleJournal of Financial Economics, Volume 58, Issue 1-2, 1 January 2000, Pages 3-27La Porta, R.; Lopez-de-Silanes, F.; Shleifer, A.; Vishny, R.Cited by Scopus (283)
5. Liquidity and market efficiency • ArticleJournal of Financial EconomicsChordia, T.; Roll, R.; Subrahmanyam, A.
6. How does foreign direct investment affect economic growth? • ArticleJournal of International Economics, Volume 45, Issue 1, 1 June 1998, Pages 115-135Borensztein, E.; De Gregorio, J.; Lee, J.-W.Cited by Scopus (246)
7. Is Globalization Reducing Poverty and Inequality? • ArticleWorld Development, Volume 32, Issue 4, 1 April 2004, Pages 567-589Wade, R.H.
8. The theory and practice of corporate finance: evidence from the field • ArticleJournal of Financial Economics, Volume 60, Issue 2-3, 1 May 2001, Pages 187-243Graham, J.R.; Harvey, C.R.Cited by Scopus (200)
9. Corporate governance and pay-for-performance: The impact of earnings management • ArticleJournal of Financial EconomicsCornett, M.M.; Marcus, A.J.; Tehranian, H.
10. Information asymmetry, corporate disclosure, and the capital markets: A review of the empirical disclosure literature • ArticleJournal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 31, Issue 1-3, 1 September 2001, Pages 405-440Healy, P.M.; Palepu, K.G.Cited by Scopus (162)
11. The price of innovation: new estimates of drug development costs • ArticleJournal of Health Economics, Volume 22, Issue 2, 1 March 2003, Pages 151-185DiMasi, J.A.; Hansen, R.W.; Grabowski, H.G.Cited by Scopus (508)
12. Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A New Convergence • ArticleWorld Development, Volume 31, Issue 1, 1 January 2003, Pages 53-69Craig, D.; Porter, D.
13. The curse of natural resources • ArticleEuropean Economic Review, Volume 45, Issue 4-6, 1 May 2001, Pages 827-838Sachs, J.D.; Warner, A.M.Cited by Scopus (109)
14. An analytical approximation to the option formula for the GARCH model • ArticleInternational Review of Financial Analysis, Volume 14, Issue 2, 1 January 2005, Pages 149-164Choi, Y.
15. Enchantment and Disenchantment: The Role of Community in Natural Resource Conservation • ArticleWorld Development, Volume 27, Issue 4, 1 April 1999, Pages 629-649Agrawal, A.; Gibson, C.C.Cited by Scopus (274)
16. Consumer acceptance, valuation of and attitudes towards genetically modified food: Review and implications for food policy • ArticleFood Policy, Volume 33, Issue 2, 1 April 2008, Pages 99-111Costa-Font, M.; Gil, J.M.; Traill, W.B.
17. Economic consequences of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 • ArticleJournal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 44, Issue 1-2, 1 September 2007, Pages 74-115Zhang, I.X.
18. Payout policy in the 21st century • ArticleJournal of Financial Economics, Volume 77, Issue 3, 1 September 2005, Pages 483-527Brav, A.; Graham, J.R.; Harvey, C.R.; Michaely, R.Cited by Scopus (40)
19. Capital markets research in accounting • ArticleJournal of Accounting and Economics, Volume 31, Issue 1-3, 1 September 2001, Pages 105-231Kothari, S.P.Cited by Scopus (129)
20. Volume, liquidity, and liquidity risk • ArticleJournal of Financial EconomicsJohnson, T.C.
21. The balance on the balanced scorecard a critical analysis of some of its assumptions • ArticleManagement Accounting Research, Volume 11, Issue 1, 1 March 2000, Pages 65-88Norreklit, H.Cited by Scopus (85)
22. Foreign direct investment and technology spillovers: Theory and evidence • ArticleJournal of Development Economics, Volume 85, Issue 1-2, 1 February 2008, Pages 176-193Liu, Z.
23. Testing the pecking order theory of capital structure • ArticleJournal of Financial Economics, Volume 67, Issue 2, 1 February 2003, Pages 217-248Frank, M.Z.; Goyal, V.K.Cited by Scopus (46)
24. In search of strategic management accounting: theoretical and field study perspectives • ArticleManagement Accounting Research, Volume 14, Issue 3, 1 September 2003, Pages 255-279Roslender, R.; Hart, S.J.Cited by Scopus (7)
25. The interplay of different levers of control: A case study of introducing a new performance measurement system • ArticleManagement Accounting Research, Volume 16, Issue 3, 1 September 2005, Pages 293-320Tuomela, T.S.Cited by Scopus (4)